Chad Pennington describes the potential horrors of a New York/New Jersey Super Bowl

Forget palm trees and cruise ships -- Super Bowl XLVIII could be decided in a New York blizzard. (Getty Images)

UPDATES with Super Bowl in 2014 going to New York/New Jersey

In a best-case scenario, Super Bowl XLVIII will be played on a crisp, clear 50-degree New York evening as the enchanting Manhattan skyline sparkles in the background on an historic night at the new $500 million Meadowlands stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

Or ….

“About 40-mile-an-hour wind, six inches of snow on the ground,” said Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington, who has played 38 games at the old Meadowlands in his 10-year career with the Fins and Jets. “You remember the 2002 Tuck Rule game? New England? It would be that. It could definitely be that.”

Nothing says Super Bowl Week like palm trees, cruise ships and 80-degree weather, but NFL owners made history Tuesday by voting the new Meadowlands as the site of the 2014 Super Bowl, making it the first outdoor, cold-weather location in the game’s 48 years.

A report in Tuesday’s New York Daily News stated that the New York/New Jersey bid was a “virtual certainty” to win. The bid was certainly helped by the fact that it has two “yes” votes from its local owners, Woody Johnson of the Jets and John Mara of the Giants.

Several owners have publicly stated their approval of bringing the big game to the Big Apple — “It would be a great one-time thing,” Denver owner Pat Bowlen told the Daily News — and could set the precedent to hold future Super Bowls in other cold-weather sites such as Washington, New England and Philadelphia.

But while bringing the Super Bowl to New York sounds like a great idea, it may not be the most practical. According to weather.com, the average high temperature in East Rutherford on Feb. 2, the day the game likely would be played, is 37 degrees. At night, when the game would be played, the average temperature is 22. In 1961, the city experienced a temperature of minus-2. And we haven’t even mentioned the possibility of significant snowfall or the wind gusts up to 40 mph often seen at the old Meadowlands.

Weather has rarely affected the Super Bowl — the rain storm at Super Bowl XLI four years ago in Miami may be the most prominent example — but the 2014 game could have 180 million viewers tuning in to watch a 9-6 slugfest as players huddle for warmth on the bench and slip and slide all over the field.

So count Pennington among several players, fans and some owners who would rather see the game kept in a warm-weather site.

“I would think it would be a no-brainer of warm weather versus cold weather for anybody, including the people in New York,” Pennington said. “Maybe they can talk Woody Johnson into putting a dome over it.”